Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour has renewed his call for the government to sell its 51 percent stake in Air New Zealand after it reported a significant half-year loss.
The airline posted a bottom-line loss of $40 million in the six months ended December, compared to last year’s profit of $106m.
Seymour said Air NZ had been doing “politically motivated stuff” when it couldn’t take off and land on time for a decent price.
“Get woke, go broke. We hear about electric planes, glossy reports on climate change, paper cups in the Koru Lounge. What they can’t seem to do is take off and land on time,” he said.
This is a common problem with people who hold extreme views about something.
People who don’t like the US end up thinking Iran are the good guys, for example. Seymour thinks the free market is the answer to everything, and tries to jam it into everything the government ever does.
I know you won’t answer this question but…
what has Iran done to make your life worse. What has the USA done to make your life worse.
The ability to hold two contradicting truths in your mind is a sign of either advanced thinking or idiocy.
To use your example.
The fact that the US are not the good guys and the fact that Iran are also not the good guys, are seemingly contradictory truths.
Terms like “good guys” and “bad guys” are not helpful at all. Why not take a more direct approach. Who has harmed you more. Who has harmed your family or your country more? Who is more likely to target you personally and perhaps arrest you or kidnap you etc?
It’s important to be specific when talking about these things. “good guy” can mean anything but honestly I don’t see how any definition of good guy can be applied to the US government. That country hasn’t had more then years without a declared war in the more then 200 years of it’s existence. The world’s biggest merchant of theft, death, destruction and oppression.